Journalists, Bloggers , CSOs Gain Skills On Human Rights Issues.


By Raymond Dingana.


During the workshop that took place, Thursday October 31, 2019 at the Conference Hall of the Regional Hospital in Bamenda that brought together Journalists, Bloggers and Civil Society Organizations, one of the facilitators, Digital Rights Activist, Rosaline Akah Obah schooled participants on the basic principles of Human Rights Vis-à-vis Digital Rights in Africa and Cameroon in particular.
Human rights are standards that allow all people to live with Dignity, Freedom, Equality, Justice, and Peace. She also said, Digital Rights are those Human Rights and Legal Rights that allow individuals to access, use, create, and publish Digital media online. Access to the internet should be affordable and available; there should be freedom of expression online, Gender equality among other Rights”. Rosaline Akah Obah said.


                                               Family Photo Of Participants At The Work Shop.


                                                   Digital Rights Activist, Rosaline Akah Obah.

The organizer of the training workshop, Digital Rights Activist, Pedmia Shetu Tita under the banner of the Cameroon Digital Rights Coalition, created in 2017 when the internet was shut down in the NW/SW Regions of Cameroon, working in collaboration with Internews says, the frequent violations of the digital rights of users of the internet:
The work shop was organized as a result of  frequent violations of the Digital Rights of users. In 2017 when the internet was shut down in the NW/SW Regions of Cameroon, the Digital Rights Coalition was created. We realized that, the shutdown was infringing on the rights of those using the internet. In the workshop, we were able to touched on a couple of issues on Human Rights and Digital Rights, we have touched on the internet shut downs among others. If the Cameroon government decided to shut down the internet in 2017, it was because they felt that, the spread of hate and fake was bringing chaos in the country”.


       The Organizer Of The Training Workshop, Digital Rights Activist, Pedmia Shetu Tita.

Pedmia Shetu Tita also indicated that, issues related to Gender Based Violence online and offline where women are being exposed and nude pictures of them being spread were also touched. She says many women have been forced to retreat from the online platform because their rights are being violated and if women are not active in these spaces, issues about them cannot be discussed. She added that, participants are expected to use the knowledge gained to educate the public on the rights and how they can defend them.
According to Wanchia Cynthia who attended the workshop, apart from gaining skills to educate the public on their rights and how to defend them, she was also going back with the commitment to fight against fake news. Ignatius Nji says he acquired lot knowledge about Human Rights and Digital Rights and that, he now knows he must not violate the Rights of others because he wants to defend his own rights.
Participants at the work shop also gained skills on tips on reporting Human Rights Violations, how to mitigate Fake news, Hate Speech and the role of Fact Checking in insuring a safe online space.



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